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This morning opening a database, I received a yellow ribbon above the FE telling me a new update to Office 365 is available.
I updated and received another message telling me : Office 365 is now Microsoft 365.

I Searched google to find what has been changed, found nothing.
Is it just a change in name?
I supposed Microsoft's other products like Windows, Visio or other applications have to be added to the bundle, But it seems there's no change in the available apps.

Does anybody know what's the purpose of this change in the name?
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As a subscriber, I got an email and followed the link in it. AFAIC, it's nothing worth mentioning.
I blew it away so I can't even tell you what the hype was now.
 

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I used to have Office 2016 Pro but on my last re-install I wound up with this.
I rarely use it so I haven't noticed a big change

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I am just speculating here, but if Office365 got rebranded to Microsoft365, maybe it means the new subscription service now includes other services beside Office applications? What else does Microsoft offers besides Office products? Are they now included in your subscription service? Did they increase the price? I don't have O365 subscription, so I can't tell the difference.
 

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I really never understand what Microsoft is doing. And what their version means. I purchased Office 2019 (On DVD) for one of our PCs in our office, but after installing, it was starting with a Office 365 logo. I simply ignored it.
Now when I checked two other PCs running on Office 2016, one shows Office 365 logo at startup, one doesn't. They both were installed from DVD too. (at the same time from different DVDs).
 
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I am just speculating here, but if Office365 got rebranded to Microsoft365, maybe it means the new subscription service now includes other services beside Office applications? What else does Microsoft offers besides Office products? Are they now included in your subscription service? Did they increase the price? I don't have O365 subscription, so I can't tell the difference.

There is no change in the prices. Microsoft has a lot of application that I hoped were included in Office 365 but they were not.
Microsoft Visio, is an application from Office family, but it doesn't include in Office 365 nor Office DVD.
It should be purchased separately.
So why it's a Microsoft Office member, has been a puzzle for me.

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maybe it means the new subscription service now includes other services beside Office applications?
Might depend on what that means. Publisher and One Note come with 365 but I don't know if those are Office Apps now or not. The rest are fer sure.
 

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I am just speculating here, but if Office365 got rebranded to Microsoft365, maybe it means the new subscription service now includes other services beside Office applications? What else does Microsoft offers besides Office products? Are they now included in your subscription service? Did they increase the price? I don't have O365 subscription, so I can't tell the difference.
I don't know about pricing because I pay a nominal fee, but the cloud seems to be very prominent now.
I was just glad it included Access because it wasn't clear at the time of DL
 

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Might depend on what that means. Publisher and One Note come with 365 but I don't know if those are Office Apps now or not. The rest are fer sure.
Still, maybe that's the reason for the name change. Maybe it started out with only Office products and then other Microsoft products got included in the mix, but the name never got changed until now. Still just guessing...
 

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Publisher and One Note come with 365 but I don't know if those are Office Apps now or not. The rest are fer sure.

OneNote is a service. It means you can download it for free from Microsoft. So even though it's included in Office bundle, but it comes as a service not a member.
 

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There is no change in the prices. Microsoft has a lot of application that I hoped were included in Office 365 but they were not.
Microsoft Visio, is an application from Office family, but it doesn't include in Office 365 nor Office DVD.
It should be purchased separately.
So why it's a Microsoft Office member, has been a puzzle for me.

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Is that what you use Visio-Microsoft Office?
 

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Is that what you use Visio-Microsoft Office?

Yes. But I've purchased 3 licenses about 2 years ago. (On DVD)

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The Japanese section means:
On-line Validation necessary. (it means internet connection is necessary for validating license)
For Windows 10
for 1 user - 2 PCs
 
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